
The word literally means almond, the shape of these big old American cars. Almendrón: The only cars that run as collectivo taxis.My friend Rease also experienced this with Puerto Rican Spanish and she explained “It generally means within the same day, and no more specific than that.” I usually wait 5 hours when someone says they’ll be over ahorita so she’s right on this one. I had a few arguments in Cuba because I thought when someone said they’d be over ahorita it meant right away. And it does in other Spanish speak countries. Ahorita vs Ahora: Ahora means now, and usually putting the diminutive “ita” on a word means smaller or less.Aché: have good luck, someone would tiene un aché.Absorvente: Cuban Spanish for straw, also known as popote in the rest of Latin America and papillo in Spain.Plaza de la Revolucion in Vedado, Havana Essential Cuban Slang for Travelers
